**Example 1: To allocate an Elastic IP address from Amazon's address pool** The following ``allocate-address`` example allocates an Elastic IP address. Amazon EC2 selects the address from Amazon's address pool. :: aws ec2 allocate-address Output:: { "PublicIp": "70.224.234.241", "AllocationId": "eipalloc-01435ba59eEXAMPLE", "PublicIpv4Pool": "amazon", "NetworkBorderGroup": "us-west-2", "Domain": "vpc" } For more information, see `Elastic IP addresses <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/elastic-ip-addresses-eip.html>`__ in the *Amazon EC2 User Guide*. **Example 2: To allocate an Elastic IP address and associate it with a network border group** The following ``allocate-address`` example allocates an Elastic IP address and associates it with the specified network border group. :: aws ec2 allocate-address \ --network-border-group us-west-2-lax-1 Output:: { "PublicIp": "70.224.234.241", "AllocationId": "eipalloc-e03dd489ceEXAMPLE", "PublicIpv4Pool": "amazon", "NetworkBorderGroup": "us-west-2-lax-1", "Domain": "vpc" } For more information, see `Elastic IP addresses <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/elastic-ip-addresses-eip.html>`__ in the *Amazon EC2 User Guide*. **Example 3: To allocate an Elastic IP address from an address pool that you own** The following ``allocate-address`` example allocates an Elastic IP address from an address pool that you have brought to your Amazon Web Services account. Amazon EC2 selects the address from the address pool. :: aws ec2 allocate-address \ --public-ipv4-pool ipv4pool-ec2-1234567890abcdef0 Output:: { "AllocationId": "eipalloc-02463d08ceEXAMPLE", "NetworkBorderGroup": "us-west-2", "CustomerOwnedIp": "18.218.95.81", "CustomerOwnedIpv4Pool": "ipv4pool-ec2-1234567890abcdef0", "Domain": "vpc" "NetworkBorderGroup": "us-west-2", } For more information, see `Elastic IP addresses <https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/elastic-ip-addresses-eip.html>`__ in the *Amazon EC2 User Guide*.